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Birchfield, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Northeast Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98901. It lies near Moxee Valley. The Survey maps it on the Yakima East quadrangle. It stands 991 feet above sea level.

Birchfield within Yakima County

On record in Birchfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Birchfield between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,972 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Fireworks25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2012Arson/incendiarism191 acresYakama AgencyFRUIT STAND
1 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresYakama AgencyAHTANUM RG
7 August 2006Natural2,165 acresSpokane DistrictKONNOWAC PASS
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeCOYOTE CREEK
7 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreYakama Agency16TH AND GILBERT
5 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreYakama Agency16TH / GILBERT
5 July 2014Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencyGILBERT 2
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencyGILBERT # 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Birchfield: 21 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Willow Springs No. 3Gold, SilverProspect
KaiserClayPast Producer
Union Gap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
YakimaClayPast Producer
Zirkle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Meyers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Union Gap PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ItSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yakima County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birchfield in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009HailBirchfield-Hail covered the ground.

Every storm recorded in Yakima County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Terrace Heights2.0 miles14
Union Gap2.5 miles14
Washington Park3.2 miles14
Moxee City3.2 miles14
Yakima4.2 miles17
South Broadway4.4 miles17
Artesian4.6 miles14
Parker5.5 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q4915728The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510825. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.